National Regional Profile: Forbes (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140152900   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
234
237
291
254
238
Unemployment rate%
5.0
5.1
6.2
5.3
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
965
1 022
1 184
1 157
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 770
3 719
3 452
3 466
-
Taxable income$m
120.8
124.6
118.2
126.2
-
Average taxable income$
32 034
33 518
34 240
36 409
-
Net tax$m
24.8
26.4
25.2
27.1
-
Average net tax$
6 576
7 108
7 307
7 813
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
21.2
21.3
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 020
3 011
2 814
2 790
-
Wage and salary income $m
86.3
90.0
85.6
91.3
-
Total income $m
89.9
93.9
89.5
96.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 583
29 890
30 427
32 736
-
Average total income$
29 777
31 188
31 803
34 449
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.1
54.4
52.5
52.9
-
Females%
44.9
45.6
47.5
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.6
20.0
19.3
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.3
21.4
20.3
19.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.4
22.8
23.8
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.5
21.9
22.1
22.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.2
13.8
14.6
15.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.8
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
15.3
16.2
15.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
5.0
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.6
13.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.8
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
16.6
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
5.4
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.2
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.4
16.7
16.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
7.7
7.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
985
887
654
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
32.5
27.8
18.1
-
-
Total income$m
31.4
28.2
20.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 038
31 373
27 747
-
-
Average total income$
31 901
31 771
31 087
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
681
678
567
591
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
264
291
321
300
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
186
207
216
219
Total businessesno.
-
1 131
1 176
1 104
1 110
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
96
51
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
51
78
Total business entriesno.
-
-
138
102
141
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
111
168
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
6
54
Total business exitsno.
-
-
123
174
117
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year